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Chile Forum in English for Gringos, Expatriates, and Travelers to Exchange Ideas and Information about Chile, South America. For more than a decade, the Chile Forum has been the center for expats to share their collective knowledge and experience about living in Chile. The Chile Forum is a free community service brought to you by the law office of Spencer Global.

Everything to do with the earthquake in Chile 2010 including contacting relatives, latest news from regions and cities, search for assistance, how to help Chile, and anything else related to the disaster and recovery.

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It's worth highlighting the excellent article on trekking chile dot com then trekking then Isla Mocha which is also very complimentary of the small island.

It's such a shame to hear that people are (predictably) cancelling their holidays at a time when Chile really needs tourist dollars. Not only this but if people are avoiding Chile it's a fantastic time to come and escape the hoards that usually crowd TDP and other tourist hotspots, you also get to feel you are helping the recovery and hopefully get a great holiday into the bargin. The Maule region espcially has some fantastic National Parks and Reserves which will hopefully be reopened soon.

Yea, does not help that the frigen U.S. embassy is sending warnings telling people not to travel to most of Chile, including Temuco. There is nothing wrong with Temuco. Flights are working, hotels are fine, damage was limited to some old buildings in the middle of the city. Yea, I would not recommend planning a vacation to somewhere like Concepción right now, but Concepción and most of the 8th region was not really a super international tourism destination to start.